Stochastic resonance within the somatosensory system: Effects of noise on evoked field potentials elicited by tactile stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1997-2001

  Manjarrez, Elías ^a   Rojas Piloni, Gerardo ^a   Méndez, Ignacio ^a   Flores, Amira ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Information capacity; Noise; Somatosensory; Stochastic resonance; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GLABROUS SKIN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINE; STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037444444     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-01997.2003     Document Type: Article

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